An Advent Dialogue
This Advent, join in a Baptist-Catholic dialogue on Christian
experience. Join us on Zoom for this unique ecumenical journey with a
series of five small-group theological reflection workshops. In each
session, participants from the Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada
will join together with participants from the Roman Catholic
Archdiocese of Regina to faithfully explore the experience of sacred
Scripture in our daily lives. So, grab your coffee cup, and let your
hair down, and begin a journey with friends old and new this Advent
season.
Group #1 - Wednesday evenings 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. (CST), November 23rd - December 21st, or
Group #2 - Friday afternoons 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (CST), November 25th - December 23rd
To register, or for further information contact: lynda.theoworkshops@usask.ca
Ecumenical Advent Series: What Are We Waiting For?
As
Christmas and the holidays approach, Christians experience the season
of Advent as a time of expectant waiting and preparation. This year,
there will be a special ecumenical series of Advent meditations and
conversations on the question: “What are we waiting for?,” with
Canadian church leaders, including:
- Rev. Dr. Robert Faris, Moderator, The Presbyterian Church of Canada
- Rev. Susan C. Johnson, National Bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada
- Right Rev. Dr. Carmen Lansdowne, Moderator, The United Church of Canada
- Most Rev. Linda Nicholls, Primate, Anglican Church of Canada
On
each Thursday in Advent (Dec. 1, 8, 15, and 22), listeners are
invited to join a live discussion at 6:00 pm SK time, via Zoom, with
one of the leaders on that week’s Advent theme. Attendees will be able
to ask questions during the online conversation.
Also,
each Monday during Advent, the church leaders will release an
ecumenical Advent meditation focused on one of the four Advent themes
and will address challenges and opportunities facing the Canadian
churches.
Find out more and register at https://presbyterian.ca/2022/11/08/ecumenical-advent/
[Image credit:Tom Threndyle]
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2023 - Do good; seek justice (Isaiah 1:17)
January 18 to 25, 2023
Learning
to do right requires the decision to engage in self-reflection. The
Week of Prayer is a time set aside for Christians to recognize that the
divisions between our churches cannot be separated from divisions
within the wider human family. Praying together for Christian unity
allows us to reflect on what unites us and to commit ourselves to
confront oppression and division amongst humanity.
The
2023 WPCU resources were developed by the Minnesota Council of
Churches. They reflect the ecumenical work on racial justice in the
U.S. following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020.
Resources are now available at https://weekofprayer.ca,
including an order of worship, hymn suggestions, 8 days of scripture
reflections on the theme, and materials for children and youth.
New this year: resources for campus ministry
Canadian
resources for the 2023 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity have been
prepared by the ecumenical WPCU Writing and Animation Team of
volunteers from member churches of the Canadian Council of Churches
working in partnership with the Canadian Centre for Ecumenism, the
Prairie Centre for Ecumenism, and the Women's Inter-Church Council of
Canada.
[Image credit: Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute]
8 Day Bible Study - Do good; seek justice (Isa. 1:17)
The
Prairie Centre for Ecumenism and the Regina Council of Churches will
once again be offering an 8 day online Bible study on the theme of the
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Each day will be led by a different
Christian leader from across Saskatchewan. Mark your calendars for Jan.
18 to 25 from 12:15 to 1pm (except Sunday, Jan. 22 at 3pm).
Free registration required. TBA
Ecumenical Log Drivers: Forming Agents of Reconciliation for Church and World
The 2023 De Margerie Lectures on Christian Reconciliation and Unity
Rt. Rev. Bruce Myers, OGS (Anglican Bishop of Quebec)
In
the past century the ecumenical movement has made extraordinary efforts
in healing the wounds of division in the the church. However, despite
efforts to educate and inspire successive generations of Christian
leaders about the quest for the church’s visible unity, an ecumenical
malaise has set in which ignorance, fear, mistrust, suspicion,
stereotypes, caricatures, recrimination, anathematization—even
persecution continue in the relations between divided churches. Drawing
on decades of reflection on ecumenical reception and formation, Bishop
Myers presents an approach to teaching the practical and theological
aspects of ecumenism in a way that is both holistic and pragmatic and
offers the potential to raise up a new generation of church leaders who
are also agents of reconciliation and Christian unity.
- Wed. Jan. 18, 7:00 pm at Campion College, Regina
- Thurs. Jan. 19 at 7:00 pm at St. Thomas More College, Saskatoon
You
are invited to the 11th annual De Margerie Lectures. In-person and
livestreamed, there will be two different lectures. Please plan to view
or attend both. Details TBA.
Bishop
Myers has been bishop of Quebec since 2017. Raised on a farm in
Glengarry County, Ontario, he studied at the University of Toronto
before a decade as a parliamentary correspondent in Ottawa and Quebec
City. He completed his theological studies at McGill University,
Montreal Diocesan Theological College, Bossey Ecumenical Institute, and
the University of Geneva. He has recently completed a doctor of
ministry at St. Paul University in Ottawa. He is a professed member of
the Order of the Good Shepherd, an international community of Anglicans
who share a common rule of life. Before election as bishop, he served
parishes in Quebec City and the Magdalen Islands, and as Coordinator
for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations for the Anglican Church of
Canada.
The
De Margerie Lectures are named in honour of Fr. Bernard de Margerie, a
priest of the Diocese of Saskatoon who has dedicated his whole life in
ministry to the promotion of Christian unity. In this 11th year of the
lecture series, we are expanding to offer lectures in both Regina and
Saskatoon under the sponsorship of St. Thomas More College, the Prairie
Centre for Ecumenism, the Archdiocese of Regina, and Campion College.
--  Nicholas Jesson - njesson@archregina.sk.caEcumenical and Interfaith Relations, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina tel: 306-352-1651, ext. 6736 NEWThe
Archdiocese of Regina is located on Treaty 4 Territory, the traditional
lands of the Nêhiyawak, Nahkawé, and Nakota, and homeland of the
Dakota, Lakota, and Métis peoples. Our ministry is supported by the
Archbishop's Appeal - https://archregina.sk.ca/giving
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